Conseil de développement bioalimentaire de Lanaudière

Name

Conseil de développement bioalimentaire de Lanaudière

Legal name

Conseil de développement bioalimentaire de Lanaudière

Website

https://cdbl.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Joliette

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Dues: Annual membership fee of $175 plus taxes provides access to specialized consulting services and professional accompaniment for various projects. Membership spans agricultural production, food processing, and food commerce sectors (retail, hospitality, restaurants, institutions, distribution, gourmet events, and public markets). A pro-rata adjustment is applied for first-time members based on remaining months in the current year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CDBL is a non-profit concertation body that coordinates and supports Lanaudière's bio-food sector through specialized advisory services (commercialization, product innovation, agrotourism), the Goûtez Lanaudière! regional quality brand aggregating 150+ certified enterprises, collective training and food hygiene programs, institutional market development, and multi-stakeholder coordination across producers, processors, retailers, hospitality, and institutions. It operates as the official regional food sector concertation table since 1991, delivering services through annual membership and government-funded strategic projects.

Product overview

CDBL is a non-profit organization (conseil de concertation bioalimentaire) established in 1991 that coordinates and supports the Lanaudière bio-food sector through four development axes: regional consultation, innovation/products/processes, market placement/promotion, and agritourism/gourmet tourism. The organization operates primarily as a service provider and program coordinator rather than a software product company. Its core products include the Goûtez Lanaudière! quality brand (identifying certified local products and services across tourist circuits and public markets), specialized advisory services (commercialization, agritourism, product innovation), and collective initiatives like Les Petits Ambassadeurs (daycare food programs), the institutional market development program, and various training and networking events. The organization connects approximately 150 businesses through its Goûtez Lanaudière! brand and organizes buyer salons, public market promotions, and sustainable development projects including PFNL (non-timber forest products) and circular economy symbioses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Goûtez Lanaudière!: A regional gourmet brand powered by CDBL that identifies Lanaudière products and services meeting provenance and quality criteria, allowing consumers to easily discover and recognize local products.
• Les Petits Ambassadeurs

Products and services

• Annual CDBL Membership
• Goûtez Lanaudière! Quality Certification Brand Regional quality label and certification identifying Lanaudière food products and services meeting provenance and quality criteria, enabling consumers to recognize local offerings across retail, restaurants, public markets, and five gourmet tourist circuits. Encompasses 150+ member enterprises.
• Services-conseils (Advisory Services) Specialized advisory services for Lanaudière businesses and organizations covering commercialization strategy, agrotourism development, and innovation/product development, including support for labeling, nutritional tables, shelf life, food safety, and market access.
• Les Petits Ambassadeurs Program A mobilizing initiative facilitating connections between the bio-food industry and early childhood educational daycare services (services de garde éducatifs à la petite enfance), with accreditation to recognize commitment to offering local food. The Lanaudière cohort includes 20 daycare services with 8 already accredited.
• Marché institutionnel Development Service Support service for businesses seeking institutional markets (hospitals, schools, daycare services, senior residences), facilitated through committees, distributor mapping tools covering 5 regional distributors, and networking events like the Déjeuner institutionnel.
• Marchés publics lanaudois Coordination Program Regional promotion program supporting market managers and coordinating promotional campaigns for 16+ public markets across Lanaudière under the Goûtez Lanaudière! umbrella.
• Corporate Supplier Directory (Fournisseurs corporatifs) Online tool connecting Lanaudière companies (producers, processors, caterers) with organizations holding corporate events (colloquia, 5 à 7, general assemblies) for local food procurement.
• Formations Hygiène et Salubrité Alimentaires Food hygiene and safety training programs for establishment managers and food handlers, providing required competencies for secure and compliant food environments.
• Salon des acheteurs Goûtez Lanaudière! Annual buyer salon event connecting bio-food producers and processors with buyers from retail, hospitality, and institutional sectors for networking and business development.
• Cohorte d'accompagnement en agrotourisme Individualized multi-year coaching program for Lanaudière producers and processors developing agritourism and gourmet tourism offerings.
• Cohorte d'accompagnement individuel commercialisation Individual commercialization support cohort for Lanaudière producers and processors, delivered by École B firm specialized in agri-food, aimed at increasing performance and growth.
• Synergie Lanaudière – Symbiose alimentaire Industrial symbiosis and circular economy project for the bio-food sector, supporting companies in exchanging resources, finding outlets for residual materials, and developing new value-added products from by-products.
• PFNL – Non-Timber Forest Products Development Project Project supporting the development and commercialization of non-timber forest products (wild mushrooms, berries, medicinal plants) in Lanaudière, including a business directory and values charter.
• Guide de l'achat à la ferme Guide featuring over 100 farm addresses selling products directly on-site across Lanaudière's six MRCs.
• Boîtes gourmandes lanaudoises Sustainable gourmet box initiative developed with Lanaudière SADC and Tourisme Lanaudière, providing guidelines and eligibility standards for restaurants to prepare eco-responsible take-out boxes featuring local products.
• Five Gourmet Tourist Circuits (Circuits touristiques gourmands) Five tourist circuits showcasing Lanaudière producers and processors in scenic locations, offering visitors immersive culinary experiences tied to the regional terroir.

Quantifiable outcome

• 531 enterprises and organizations received CDBL services in 2024-2025, a 6% increase from the prior year
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tourisme LanaudièrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTourisme Lanaudière is a key strategic partner collaborating on the 5 gourmet tourism circuits, the Goûtez Lanaudière! brand, event launches, and regional food promotion. Joint initiatives include the launch of the gourmet season and the gourmet tourist circuit maps.
• Lanaudière ÉconomiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLanaudière Économique is a key strategic partner collaborating on the Synergie Lanaudière project (industrial ecology/symbiosis with a food sector component), the biofood sector characterization study, and the PFNL (non-timber forest products) strategic development plan.
• RTCBQ (Regroupement des Tables de concertation bioalimentaire du Québec)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTCBQ collaborates with CDBL on the distributor mapping tool (cartographie des distributeurs régionaux), the Programme Alimentation Santé, and the Petits ambassadeurs program, connecting Lanaudière initiatives with the provincial network of food sector tables.
• Aliments du QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAliments du Québec is a partner in the Goûtez Lanaudière! certification, the Petits ambassadeurs program (daycare accreditation includes Aliments du Québec au menu enrollment), and promotional campaigns. The partnership adds provincial credibility to the regional brand.
• SADC de LanaudièreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSADC de Lanaudière co-financed the Guide and norms for eco-responsible gourmet boxes (boîtes gourmandes) project, supporting sustainable food packaging in Lanaudière's restaurant sector.
• Regroupement des TCBQcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Regroupement des Tables de concertation bioalimentaire du Québec coordinates the Petits ambassadeurs program across 15 Quebec regions, with CDBL as the Lanaudière regional coordinator. The program connects daycare services with local food suppliers.
• ITHQ (Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerITHQ collaborates on institutional market development, recipe development for institutions using Lanaudière products, and educational activities. Recipes were developed in partnership with the Association des producteurs maraîchers du Québec for institutional use.
• CISSS de LanaudièreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCISSS de Lanaudière (regional health authority) participates in the Nourrir Lanaudière food system initiative and the Petits ambassadeurs program committee, contributing public health expertise to regional food system governance.
• MRC de MontcalmminorOthersMRC de Montcalm is listed as a partner of CDBL, representing one of the 6 MRC territories in Lanaudière that CDBL serves.
• MRC Les MoulinsminorOthersMRC Les Moulins is listed as a partner of CDBL, representing one of the 6 MRC territories in Lanaudière.
• MRC de MatawinieminorOthersMRC de Matawinie is listed as a partner of CDBL.
• UPA LanaudièreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPA Lanaudière (agricultural producers' union) works with CDBL on proximity farm initiatives, farm-to-table guide, and strategic planning. UPA Lanaudière representatives sit on CDBL's board.
• Table des préfets de LanaudièreminorOthersTable des préfets de Lanaudière is listed as a partner, representing the regional group of MRC prefects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Équiterre: Quebec-based non-profit advancing sustainable food systems, local agriculture, and fair trade. Operates programs with overlapping goals to CDBL's (producer support, local food networks, citizen engagement) and shares a similar non-profit, membership-supported model.
• La Tablée des Chefs: Quebec-based food non-profit focused on food education, culinary training, and food security. Shares CDBL's non-profit, Quebec-anchored profile and mission overlap in connecting food producers, institutions, and communities through education and training programs.
• Regroupement des Tables de concertation bioalimentaire du Québec (RTCBQ): The provincial network of regional bio-food concertation tables of which CDBL is a member. RTCBQ coordinates cross-regional programs including the Petits Ambassadeurs, the distributor mapping tool, and the Programme Alimentation Santé, making it the closest structural peer to CDBL.
• UPA Lanaudière: Regional chapter of the Union des producteurs agricoles serving Lanaudière's agricultural producers. Sits on CDBL's board and collaborates on proximity farm initiatives, making it a directly comparable regional food-sector organization serving overlapping stakeholders in the same geography.
• Slow Food Canada: Canadian chapter of the international Slow Food movement, promoting local, sustainable, and culturally rooted food systems. Operates regional convivia across Quebec with overlapping goals (agrobiodiversity, producer support, education) and a comparable non-profit, community-led model.

Others

• Lanaudière Économique: Regional economic development agency for Lanaudière. CDBL's strategic partner on the Synergie Lanaudière circular-economy project and the biofood sector characterization study; while broader in scope than CDBL, it is the closest regional economic-development peer coordinating food-sector investment.

Regional players

• Tourisme Lanaudière: Regional tourism promotion body collaborating with CDBL on the 5 gourmet tourism circuits, brand launches, and agrotourism development. Shares CDBL's Lanaudière-only geographic scope and overlaps in promoting regional food and agrotourism experiences to visitors.

Broad incumbents

• Aliments du Québec: Provincial food identity and certification body partnering with CDBL on the Goûtez Lanaudière! brand and Petits Ambassadeurs. Operates at a broader Quebec-wide scale with overlapping certification and promotion functions, positioning it as a larger incumbent in the same thematic space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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